Homemade Popsicles: Coconut

Posted on February 25, 2013

It’s been a loooong time since I don’t make any homemade popsicles for the kiddos, and I love this recipe I have for handmade popsicles, coconut ones. I made them once at a party and everybody loved them (see Adrian enjoying it here) so I decided to try again. This time we didn’t have a party but the kids enjoyed them and we enjoyed them too, oh and I have to say, I had some mix leftover that I kept in the fridge and the next day it occurred to me to mix it with my coffee since I almost always drink an iced latte and it tasted glorious!! So I will make it again and post a picture of my coconut cream iced latte later on…

But let’s not deviate from the homemade popsicles, without further adieu here is the recipe:

Homemade Coconut Popsicles

1 can of coconut milk (13.5 ounces)

1 can evaporated milk (12 ounces)

1 can of sweetened condensed milk

1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Blend all ingredients together and pour into popsicles molds. Place in the freezer for at least 3 hours our until they’re done.

Behind the scenes

Now let me tell you that I don’t have much experience opening up plastic popsicle molds, it is not as easy as it seems! The sticks kept coming out by themselves, and yes I was using warm water on the bottom and on all of the popsicle itself but nothing. So finally when I was able to take some of them out correctly I had to take the photos right away otherwise they would melt too fast, so that meant I didn’t have much backup to replace them once they looked melted and I had to do some photoshop retouching afterwards. And of course, after the pictures were taken and I opened them for the kids I was already experienced and learned to open them perfectly by leaving it under the warm running water for 5 seconds each side, making sure the water touches every part of the popsicle and voilé, it now works every time!

Another thing is that I first went with another styling of the photo completely, I used a wood board and a blue paper background, but I wasn’t 100% happy with the result pictures. So I went to the 99cts store (the day after) and got this wonderful blue plate (I didn’t have any bright color plates before) and I really loved the results this time. It makes such a difference when it’s the right setting. I usually get a lot of props at the 99cts store, for example the paper dollies I got there too 🙂 You can take a look at the bottom of the post for my little photo studio set-up and a sample of the other photo… It’s always a learning experience!